Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1402484

Contrasting Henricus Moth
Henricus contrastana

Observation date: May 30, 2025
Submitted by: zvkemp
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: At UV light. Temperature 60-65F
Status: Resident
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: June 02, 2025
Coordinator notes: BAMONA taxonomy is out of date on this one. Per MPG, Henricus edwardsiana (Walsingham, 1884) includes as a synonym contrastana (Kearfott, 1907) in Metzler & Brown (2014) but contrastana was erroneously placed as the senior synonym, John Brown (pers. comm., 5/17/2018).
Checklist region(s): United States, Michigan, Washtenaw County